International Security Studies: Theory and Practice

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Автор: Peter Hough, Shahin Malik, Andrew Moran, Bruce Pilbeam

Название: International Security Studies: Theory and Practice

Язык: English

Издательство: London: Routledge

Год: 2015

Формат: pdf

Размер: 12,7 mb

Страниц: 508

This new textbook provides students with a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the subject of security studies, with a strong emphasis on the use of case studies.

In addition to presenting the major theoretical perspectives, the book examines a range of important and controversial topics in modern debates, covering both traditional military and non-military security issues, such as proliferation, humanitarian intervention, food security and environmental security. Unlike most standard textbooks, the volume also offers a wide range of case studies – including chapters on the USA, China, the Middle East, Russia, Africa, the Arctic, the Middle East, Europe and Latin America – providing detailed analyses of important global security issues.

The 34 chapters contain pedagogical features such as textboxes, summary points and recommended further reading and are divided into five thematic sections:

Conceptual and Theoretical

Military Security

Non-Military Security

Institutions and Security

Case Studies

This textbook will be essential reading for all students of security studies and highly recommended for students of critical security studies, human security, peace and conflict studies, foreign policy and International Relations in general.

list of Figura ix

list of Tables x

list of Boxes xi

list of Contributors xiv

SECTION 1

Conceptual and theoretical 1

1 Framing a discipline 3

SHAHIK MALIK

2 The traditional routes to security: Realism and liberalism 12

EDWARD SMITH

3 Challenging orthodoxy Critical Security Studies 31

SHAHIK MALIK

4 Feminist Security Studies 44

WENDY STOKES

5 Human Security 57

SHAHIK MALIK

6 Constructing security 72

SHAHIK MALIK

SECTION 2

Military security 85

7 Reflecting on war and peace 87

BRUCE PILBEAM

8 New wars, globalisation and failed states

BRUCE PILBEAM 104

9 Nuclear proliferation

ANDREW MORAN 119

10 The international arms trade in conventional weapons

BRUCE PILBEAM 133

11 Terrorism

ANDREW MORAN 150

12 Religion and international conflict

JEFFREY HAYNES 164

13 Intelligence and security

ANDREW MORAN 178

14 The rise of private military and security companies

BRUCE PILBEAM 191

SECTION 3 Non-military security 209

15 Environmental security

PETER HOUGH 211

16 Crime and security

PETER HOUGH 225

17 Food security

PETER HOUGH 239

18 Health and security

PETER HOUGH 254

19 Disasters and security

PETER HOUGH 267

SECTION 4 Institutions and security' 285

20 The United Nations and the responsibility to protect 287

BRUCE PILBEAM

21 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization: continuity and change 306

ANDREW MORAN

22 Regional security organisations 319

PETER HOUGH

SECTION 5 Case studies 337

23 The United States: finding a role in the post-cold war and post-9/11 eras 339

ANDREW MORAN

24 Russia, the Black Sea region and security 348

TUNC AYBAK

25 China: security and threat perceptions 358

PETER HOUGH AND SHAHIN MALIK

26 Security in Europe: the triumph of institution-building? 366

DERMOT McCANN

27 Security in Africa 374

PETER HOUGH

28 The Arctic 383

PETER HOUGH

29 The Arab Spring and democracy: problems and prospects 393

JEFFREY HAYNES

30 The Israeli-Palestinian conflict 401

RONALD RANTA

31 Human, national and environmental security in Latin America: Bolivia and Brazil 410

LLOYD PETTIFORD AND NEIL HUGHES

32 Korea opportunities: human, environmental and national security in the ROK and the DPRK 419

LLOYD PETTIFORD AND FELIX ABT

33 Space and security 427

IAN SHIELDS

34 Conclusion: where to next? 437

SHAHIN MALIK

Glossary 443

Bibliography 449

Index 473